Courses

This course offers the opportunity to make simple and achievable craft items and explore how creative activity can help to improve and maintain wellbeing. Sessions are friendly and relaxed, and demonstrations are given throughout.Making opportunities will include air dry clay figures, paper lanterns, 3 colour printmaking, collage and 3D felting. […]

Fabrics, threads, ribbons, lace, beads, feathers and tassels, combined with creative hand stitching, to transform into unique pieces which can be turned into: cards, needles cases, wall art, gift tags and much more. Learn how to transform fabric scraps, ribbons, buttons, lace, found objects and thread into pieces that delight […]

• Creative journaling is a great way to increase wellbeing, it replaces negative thoughts with positive ones and reconnects you with your true self.  This course is a space for women to reflect through art, poetry, cutting and sticking! We look at seasons during the course – and this project […]

Drawing the clothed and unclothed figure can be challenging but also very rewarding too.This course will focus on personality and portrait and will take the work of our local artist David Hockney as inspiration. Learn the basics and develop your own art practice through demonstration, discussion, and feedback.A variety of […]

Suitable for beginners and those looking to improve their skills or build their confidence. If you have never knitted or crocheted before, this course will enable you to build the basic skills needed to complete a simple project. For experienced participants, there will be 10 specific “skill building” sessions aimed […]

Drawing and painting the figure can be challenging but it is a great way to learn and develop skills in drawing and the use of paint. On this course there will be opportunities to learn “tricks of the trade” in drawing accurately as well as new and innovative approaches to […]

Gelli printing is a new and exciting form of mono-printing using a soft ‘jelly’ plate that allows you create beautiful monotype prints without the use of expensive equipment. During the 10 weeks we will not only be focussing on the random nature of Gelli printing. We explore many different techniques […]

Dressmaking skills for beginners and intermediate skills – making clothes that fit and enhance your warderobe. Learn basic and intermediate dressmaking skills by making a garment of your choice.• Making garments that fit well and that you want to wear• Basic pattern alterations• Handmade not homemade• Choosing, using and preparing […]

Learn the art of using a sewing machine like a pencil to draw and explore your creativity on this new taster course. We will be looking to put on a full course next term. You will learn how to:

These full days will give you the chance to really immerse yourself in all things pottery!This term we will be guiding you through a project adapted to suit the studio space at Bradford College. You will be guided through a range of hand-building techniques such as slab work, coiling, sculpting, […]